ARGH'S PROFILE

This whole area was really amazing, you did a great job. I felt like the lack of color and light made exploration really difficult and confusing, though, especially since the area's so full of little crannies and you spend so much time there. Making it easier to get the claw (maybe making it required) would have been helpful.

Ardus and John aren't present at all? Is this from an earlier version where defeated characters disappeared entirely or something?

I'd say that he likely developed that line himself in his ignorance, maybe to make himself feel better.

Okay. It's just a bit contrived that it's exactly the same as a saying in our world, is all.

There is, however, a set of dialogue in case you do win, but it's rare anyone will ever see it.

Oh, now I have to see it. XD

Interesting stuff about the cut content. I kept expecting photography to be a Chekhov's gun but it never came up again. I do agree that the ending makes more sense thematically as a reward for beating the optional superboss, but yeah, it's a bit much. (Personally, though, I found Sandhoff far more difficult since she's the only one with the "defensive" skills, which requires more strategy to deal with. With Boasting, you can just irritate and aggress and you're done, like with everyone else.) You have to do an incredible amount of level grinding to even engage him at all. The leveling aspect was largely unnecessary, I found - I spent most of the game at a very low level, because you can coast with good skills (and you can get bows without fighting). And of course, you don't actually need a high level for the final battle - is it even possible to lose that?

(And is there a level cap? I kind of wonder if it's possible for a sufficiently dedicated person to autowin the final battle...)

Luckily for me it doesn't look like my method of discourse compares to The Logomancer's method of argumentation.

Yep, it's just a regular RPG with different coat of paint. A little disappointing, but I still found it fun.

(And a random aside - after Seymour was called "anti-social" I was actually half-expecting for that to be intentional and for it to turn out that he was the evil mastermind behind everything. XD That would be kind of cliche, though.)

Edit: Also, I've noticed sometimes it's possible to irritate people before they've made their opening statement. What causes/determines this?

Hey, congrats on getting featured! You deserve it.

It's unfortunate that you seem to be running into some trouble on Greenlight. I think one problem might be the way you're marketing the game. When people hear "an RPG without killing based on rhetorical battles", I think they expect something more unique than a literal JRPG with a different coat of paint (I certainly did). The Logomancer is a perfectly good RPG but the description is a bit confusing and misleading, depending on peoples' expectations and reactions to certain buzzwords. I think being more upfront about what the game is (maybe focus more on the elements that are more unique, like the mindscape and the wRPG-style exploration) might help on that front.

Edit: I've been replaying the game to do things in a different order and I discovered that if you finish "Edited For Content" before getting Cynthia, she still has lines in the final cutscene and joins your party afterwards. Might want to fix that. (And who's playing Sylvanne if she's not there...?) Speaking of that, is there a plot twist about Cynthia that was cut? She points out that Sylvanne looks and acts exactly like her and that's really weird, but it never comes up again.

I found it clever once I figured out the trick to beating it. I guess I just wasn't too observant the first time. Thulak's "I heal everyone to max health" ability made me cry when I first saw it, but once you piss him off everything falls into place. Removing everyone's super-move after you take one person down also helps a bunch. Offense is the best defense it seems.

I also like how Bud manages to play the role of the tank no matter what you do -- if you take the minimalist approach, he soaks damage in battle, but if you explore everything, he sacrifices his own health to empower the party. It's nicely meta. (Crow's absurdly high magic attack was also a nice touch, I did a double-take when I looked at his status screen for the first time. Can he use it for anything or is it just for flavor?)

Overall I did notice that enemies hit really hard, though. Most late-game battles are spent getting constantly knocked out and juggling phoenix vials. (Oh, and speaking of that, there's some naming inconsistency; the tome calls itself "Mix Bottled Phoenix" and says it creates a "bottled phoenix" in the description. I presume you changed the name late in development? That's a pity, I think "bottled phoenix" is a funnier name.) That's fitting for a tank-centric battle system though.

Oh, one question: Why does Crow have a reflection when Mara doesn't?